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Friday, June 21, 2013

The Lovers (Charlie Parker #8)

Title: The Lovers (Charlie Parker #8)

Author: John Connolly

Date Published: 2009

Publisher: Atria

★★★★✰

Stripped of his license,
Charlie Parker takes a job in a Portland bar. Alone and directionless,
he faces at last a shadow he has lived with since his childhood: what
made his father, a respected police officer, apparently shoot dead two
unarmed teens and then commit suicide. His quest leads him back to the
little New York town where he grew up, to the secret history of the
NYPD, and to the existence of mysterious friends and hidden enemies.

For
waiting in the shadows, as they have been throughout Charlie’s life,
are a man and a woman with only one purpose: to bring an end to his very
existence . . .

John
Connolly is a painter - he just uses words instead of watercolors. The
way that he writes makes you picture everything as it happens! I think
that a lot of authors miss that mark but John Connolly has it down pat!

John
Connolly jumps right into the story and you feel like you're there with
Charlie Parker as he deals with the police, his lawyer, old friends and
memories from long ago. Charlie is delving into his past to find out
more about the killings his dad was involved in before his suicide. As
this is happening, two people are trying to keep him from finding out
any information and they are killing people as they get closer and
closer to Charlie.

True to John Connolly style, this book is full
of twists and turns that are completely unexpected and they all throw
you for a loop. The Lovers is part of the Charlie Parker series, but
don't disregard it if you haven't read any of the other books in the
series. It is so well written that you don't HAVE to know everything in
the past (although it does help a little). Such a great read all around, definitely something I will read over and over.